𒀭𒋼𒂊𒇷𒁉𒉡𒌑 Telipinu

In reconstructed pronunciation, Telipinu is /teliˈpiːnu/ — approximately 'teh-lee-PEE-noo' — stress the long third syllable and let the final vowel settle gently, like rain returning to a field..

Telipinu means Unknown in the hittite tradition.

Telipinu is associated with Plough (The agricultural tool that defines Telipinu's blessing and the furrow he makes fertile), Bee (The divine messenger that finds Telipinu in hiding; also an emblem of Anatolian ritual language), Pine or staff (Telipinu is often depicted leaning on a staff; the pine is associated with his resting and return), Reversed shoes (The sign of a world turned upside-down when the god leaves in anger), Wagon or chariot (The vehicle in which Telipinu is ceremonially brought back to the city and the temple).

Plain ASCII telipinu strips the stress, length, and script that make the name specific. Unicode restoration returns the name to its original written dignity.

The myth opens in the divine assembly, where something unknown offends Telipinu. He rises, puts his shoes on the wrong feet, and leaves in a fury. As he goes, 'the mist seized the windows, smoke seized the house, in the fireplace the logs were stifled, at the altars the gods were stifled, in the fold the sheep were stifled, in the corral the cattle were stifled; the mother ignored her child, the ewe ignored her lamb.' The cosmos does not collapse; it simply forgets how to flourish.